Australia has a new Prime Ministry

[ashstralia]

After the bin fire that has been our last three years of awesome governance, in which the presidents of both France and the US have called our F A T lying stupid god bothering fuckwit out for his ineptitude, and lies, today we voted in a new real Prime Minister. Anthony Albanese. A fine man, now we can proudly re enter the world stage without looking like a fucking buffoon in a clown suit.
Yay Aussies!

[ashstralia]

The so called ‘teal’ independent voting was huge. The outgoing prime minister didn’t even bother to campaign in safe seats. Nor did he subject himself to a National Press Club address.
Albo did.
I listen to lots of radio nationwide and even the rusted on lnp [righty, lefty, god botherers, weed smokers, dole bludgers and voters] were pensive. They worry about climate changes, and whether great grand daughter Prudence will still have a beachfront view in fifty years?

[Seshmeister]

Hopefully Australia will sort out being just about the worst country in the world for carbon emissions.

Tons of CO2 Emissions Per Capita

UK

1990
12.9

2018
6.8



China

1990
2.69

2018
8.87



USA

1990
23.23

2018
18.44



Australia

1990
28.06

2018
24.63


It's like your not even trying which is strange because I would guess Australia is not a place that needs to get any warmer,,,

[ashstralia]

Our employment figures are fake*, even if you work one hour a week and make most of the money on substandard welfare, you’re counted as employed.The previous government bragged about ‘lowest unemployment rate in 48 years’ but of course it was entirely made up bullshit.

*34% of statistics are made up on the spot.

[ashstralia]

Yep the coal lobby wields power. I’m fond of saying we didn’t switch from horses to petrol overnight. We have huge stores of lithium and cobalt here; it’s not as if mining will suddenly die.

[Kristy]

Yeah, I was there handing out how to vote cards for the Greens. I could only surmise a least a quarter of people enthusiastically took one. The Liberal/Clive/Pauline/Liberal Democrats mostly stood looking sad or alone. Every one who took their cards won't be alive in 10 years. The right wing is dying out in Kangaroo Land

[Seshmeister]

Yep the coal lobby wields power. I’m fond of saying we didn’t switch from horses to petrol overnight. We have huge stores of lithium and cobalt here; it’s not as if mining will suddenly die.

Most of that UK drop was just getting rid of coal power stations.

[Nitro Express]

Most of that UK drop was just getting rid of coal power stations.

We have a ton of geothermal potential. You could generate so much electricity with the Yellowstone hot spot and not even have a plant inside the national park. People freak out when that is even mentioned. But there's ways to do it and people wouldn't even know it's there.

[Nitro Express]

Our employment figures are fake*, even if you work one hour a week and make most of the money on substandard welfare, you’re counted as employed.The previous government bragged about ‘lowest unemployment rate in 48 years’ but of course it was entirely made up bullshit.

*34% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Ha! We never trust government statistics in the financial investment industry. They have been bullshit for years. Any government. All governments pad their statistics and cook the books.

[Nitro Express]

After the bin fire that has been our last three years of awesome governance, in which the presidents of both France and the US have called our F A T lying stupid god bothering fuckwit out for his ineptitude, and lies, today we voted in a new real Prime Minister. Anthony Albanese. A fine man, now we can proudly re enter the world stage without looking like a fucking buffoon in a clown suit.
Yay Aussies!

Meh. Give him some time. Changing how governments run takes more than getting a new mascot. You have to change the bureaucracy and that is very difficult. Usually what changes is the rhetoric but business goes on as usual.